Question 71

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

Proverbs 30:17 (ESV)

¹⁷The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Romans 13:7-8 (ESV)

⁷Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. ⁸Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Traditional Formulation

Question: What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?

Answer: The fifth commandment forbids the neglecting of, or doing anything against the honor and duty which belongs to every one in their several places and relations.

Adaptation Commentary

No Change.